Suburban Book Borrowing Up 14%

Cleveland Plain Dealer l/l9/59
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Suburban Book Borrowing Up 14%
By AL ANDREWS
Suburban rea<
almost unquenchable
demand lor library books,
in Lewis C. Naylor told
> ihoga County Library
■ Trustees yesti
id a "phenomci
books per resident, Naylor said.
In other action the library
lanted pay raises of
employes.
Added cosl will be about $68,-
000 a year.
Circulation Tops City's
The county library system's
per capita circulation topped
even Cleveland's, which is one
of the highest in the country.
Naylor reported an upturn of
nearly 14% over 1957 as he
said 4,430,465 books Were
checked out.
Population of the library district is about 480,000. It does
not include Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland,
Lakewood or Westlake, which
have their own libraries.
(Cleveland Public Library
spokesmen said their 1958 circulation was 6,922,807, an average of 7.56 per resident for
the city proper. This was a gain
of 524,800 over 1957.)
Parma Up 76,000
Gains were reported in 19 of
the 22 county braches. The
largest was in Parma, which
jumped 76,000 to 380,890.
Other major boosts over the
1957 figures, Naylor said, were:
Bay Village, 20,000; Bedford,
28,000; Berea, 18,000; Brooklyn,
76,000 (first year); Chagrin
Falls, 18,000 (library open six
months); Fairview Park, 27,-
000; Garfield Heights, 18,000;
Maple Heights, 15,000; May-
field Heights, 19,000; Solon,
<\-cn months);
South Euclid, 21,000.
New Buildings
The librarian said upturns
were greatest in the suburbs
which had new library buildings. He gaye this as .
ul for continued improvements.
More people are using the libraries and each person is
reading more, he continued.
He foresaw need for more personnel and a major hike in
book purchases. The board
added about $20,000 to the book
purchase account in adopting
its 1959 budget.
Officers Raised $1,000
Naylor and Clerk-Treasurer
Theodore S. Hills shared the
salary increase approved by the
board in its meeting at the
Mid-Day Club.
Each was boosted $1,000 a
year. Naylor will receive $11,680
and Hills $10,680.
More success in finding professional librarians should result from the new salary schedule, Naylor said.
Beginning pay in this bracket
—which requires a master's degree—went from $4,000 a year
to $4,300. Top, for department
heads, was raised from $6,880
to $7,720.
Naylor told the board that
nationally there are 40 job
openings for every graduate of
an accredited' library school.
Budget Up $125,500
The board adopted a 1959
budget of $1,620,64.5. an increase of about $125,000 over
1958.
Major items are salaries,
$1,090,000, and book purchase,
$125,195!
Chief source of fands is
0 from the i
$195,000 will be paid by suburban schools for school library
In other action the b
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general m I Ion WJW-
rcst of his term. Which expires
mont by ' imission-
and nam*
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branch lm
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at $2,700 said the
nent had
been "unusually successful."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer l/l9/59
Gou,'A
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Suburban Book Borrowing Up 14%
By AL ANDREWS
Suburban rea<
almost unquenchable
demand lor library books,
in Lewis C. Naylor told
> ihoga County Library
■ Trustees yesti
id a "phenomci
books per resident, Naylor said.
In other action the library
lanted pay raises of
employes.
Added cosl will be about $68,-
000 a year.
Circulation Tops City's
The county library system's
per capita circulation topped
even Cleveland's, which is one
of the highest in the country.
Naylor reported an upturn of
nearly 14% over 1957 as he
said 4,430,465 books Were
checked out.
Population of the library district is about 480,000. It does
not include Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland,
Lakewood or Westlake, which
have their own libraries.
(Cleveland Public Library
spokesmen said their 1958 circulation was 6,922,807, an average of 7.56 per resident for
the city proper. This was a gain
of 524,800 over 1957.)
Parma Up 76,000
Gains were reported in 19 of
the 22 county braches. The
largest was in Parma, which
jumped 76,000 to 380,890.
Other major boosts over the
1957 figures, Naylor said, were:
Bay Village, 20,000; Bedford,
28,000; Berea, 18,000; Brooklyn,
76,000 (first year); Chagrin
Falls, 18,000 (library open six
months); Fairview Park, 27,-
000; Garfield Heights, 18,000;
Maple Heights, 15,000; May-
field Heights, 19,000; Solon,